GONZALEZ v. CORECIVIC, INC.

No. 19-50691.

986 F.3d 536 (2021)

Martha GONZALEZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CORECIVIC, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iain Gordon Simpson , Simpson, P.C., Josef Franz Buenker , Thomas Henry Padgett, Jr., Esq. , Buenker Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nicholas D. Acedo, Esq. , Struck Love Bojanowski & Acedo, P.L.C., Chandler, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael Meriwether Hethmon , Senior Counsel, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Immigration Reform Law Institute.

Before Smith, Ho, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


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